MARY-ANNE O'CONNOR
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'...historical escapism in epic, sweeping form,'
​- Sunday Telegraph


Mary-Anne has drawn on her own family history to inspire and inform 
her writing including her Irish ancestors, her pioneering relatives, her grandfather's experience as an original Anzac and her uncles service during WWII. Her highly anticipated new novel Sisters of Freedom
​is due out March 2021.

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​​This turn of the century epic tale is a passionate story of three sisters as they strive for freedom and independence and follow their hearts to unexpected places, from a master storyteller.
For readers of Fiona McIntosh, Nicole Alexander and Natasha Lester.
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Sydney, Christmas, 1901. Federation has been achieved but Australian women are yet to gain the right to vote in their new nation's elections. Bolshy, boisterous Frankie Merriweather is a passionate advocate for women's rights, determined to dedicate herself to the cause, never marrying or becoming a mother. She can't understand her artistic sister Ivy, who wants a life of ease and beauty with her soon-to-be fiance, law student Patrick Earle. Meanwhile, their married sister Aggie volunteers in an orphanage, decrying the inequality of Australia's social classes ... and longing to hold a baby in her arms. When an accident takes Ivy, wounded and ill, into the violent and lawless zone of the Hawkesbury River, a year of change begins. Ivy's burgeoning friendship with her saviour Riley Logan, a smuggler, and his sister, the poverty stricken but valiant Fiona, will alter the lives of all three women forever.

Other bestselling novels by Mary-Anne O'Connor:


​'Through her sensitivity, beautiful writing and gift as a story teller O’Connor’s
readers will come to know and love her characters'
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 - Weekly Times

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​'Wins over the reader with the clarity of her characters and a strong plot'
- Mike Bruce, Daily Telegraph
'War Flower is a roller-coaster of emotions. One minute it will have you laughing; the next you'll be heartbroken. It's that good.' - Good Reading Magazine
"In a Great Southern Land  is another highly regarded novel from Mary-Anne O’Connor, a superior voice in Australian historical fiction. - Mrs B Book Reviews
​'Aussie author Mary-Anne O’Connor was utterly, heartbreakingly brilliant!' - Brenda, Netgalley
'Heart-warming and heart-wrenching' - the Hoopla 
'Moved us deeply'- Apple iBooks 
'Will stay with you well after you have finished reading it' - QBD bookstores
​'A fresh, new voice in Australian fiction' - A Reader's Heaven
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